brulé
noun
(in the Pacific Northwest) an area of forest destroyed by fire.
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brulé
1 American
[broo-ley, broo-lee, br y -ley]
/ bruˈleɪ, ˈbru li, brüˈleɪ /
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brulée
noun
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brulés
plural
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(in the Pacific Northwest) an area of forest destroyed by fire.
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Canadian. land covered with rocks or scrub growth.
Brulé
2
American
[broo-ley]
/ bruˈleɪ /
noun
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Brulés,
plural
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Brulé
plural
Brule
British
/ bruːˈleɪ /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of brulé
An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; from French: literally, “burnt,” past participle of brûler; see broil 1
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It was above the Fire-scald, a brulé or burnt-over space on the steep southern side of the ridge between Briar Knob and Laurel Top, overlooking the grisly slope of Killpeter.
From Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart
Brulé Lakota member Red Cormorant Woman was one of hundreds of Native American women who married French fur traders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
So Brulé set out to figure out what it takes for women to assert the rights they have on paper.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
Rachel Brulé, a political scientist at Boston University, studies women’s rights and political participation in India.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
The frontier town of Pierre had been unprepared for the avalanche of people who had descended upon it during the Lower Brulé opening.
From Land of the Burnt Thigh by Stephen J. Voorhies
"I could still get a homestead on the Brulé," I declared, "and I can run the newspaper on the homestead."
From Land of the Burnt Thigh by Stephen J. Voorhies
Not to be forgotten: associate music director and pianist Riley Brule, who transcends the role of accompanist with a few choice interjections and a sight gag involving a pair of moose antlers.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
Chamberlain and parts of South Dakota were under a winter storm warning Saturday and Brule County emergency manager Katheryn Benton said planes were unable to land at Chamberlain at the time of the crash.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 1, 2019
Brule County emergency manager Katheryn Benton told the Sioux Falls Argus Leader that planes were unable to land at Chamberlain at the time of the crash.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 1, 2019
Twelve people were onboard midday Saturday when the plane went down in rural Brule County en route from Chamberlain to Idaho, Brule County State’s Attorney Theresa Maule Rossow said.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2019
That day there was church service at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. Bjerke, conducted by pastor Nesse of Brule, Union county.
From Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota Or, From the ox team to the aeroplane by H. B. Reese
They would lay the matter before the council fire of Sintogaliska,—he who had ruled the Brulés since first the white tents of the soldiers gleamed along the Platte—Sintogaliska who never lied.
From Under Fire by C. B. Cox
There is a legend which says that at one time the bands of the Ogallallas and Brulés lived upon this river, immediately opposite the precipice.
From The Great Salt Lake Trail by Henry Inman
As Bob Scott had predicted, the Brulés had burned the ranch and craftily scattered the moment they reached the sand-hills.
From The Mountain Divide by Armand Both
Joe Two-Hawk had come as a sort of emissary from the Brulés.
From Land of the Burnt Thigh by Stephen J. Voorhies
There were Brulés there, young braves who longed for battle then and there, and who leaped to their gaunt ponies and shouted challenge and defiance, but Two Lance interposed.
From Under Fire by C. B. Cox
There are no better horsemen in the world than the Red River "brulés;" and so long as the horse keeps on his legs, the rider sticks to him.
From Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. by John M'lean
To hunt the buffalo freely, even on foreign soil, seemed to the bois brulés to be their natural right.
From Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 by Marcus L. Hansen
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